Administrative Order No. 178 (1956)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 178, February 10, 1956 ]

CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ON JULY 4, 1956.

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, RAMON MAGSAYSAY, President of the Philippines, do hereby create a National Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the appropriate celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1956; The Committee shall be composed of the following:

Hon. Alfredo Montelibano, Chairman, National Economic Council | Chairman Hon. Eulogio Balao, Secretary of National Defense | Vice-Chairman Hon. Gregorio Hernandez, Jr., Secretary of Education | Member Hon. Eleuterio Adevoso, Secretary of Labor | " Hon. Oscar Ledesma, Secretary of Commerce and Industry | " Hon. J. V. Cruz, Press Secretary | " Hon. Juan Concon, Deputy Administrator of Economic Coordination | " Mr. Arsenio Jison, President, Philippine National Bank | " The President, University of the Philippines | " The President, Philippine Chamber of Commerce | " The President, Chamber of Industries | " The President, Manila Rotary Club | " The President, Association of University Women | " The Secretary General, Philippine Association | " Mr. V. Lontok | Member-Executive Secretary

The Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman and, for the purpose of discharging its functions, may create such sub-committees as may be necessary.

Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-six, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the tenth.

(Sgd.) RAMON MAGSAYSAY

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FORTUNATO DE LEON

Acting Executive Secretary